Edwin Bruce Brooks (September 20, 1868 – September 18, 1933) was a

U.S. representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of th ...

from

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

. He was the cousin of Edmund H. Hinshaw. Born in

Newton, Illinois Newton is a city in and the county seat of Jasper County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,777 at the 2020 census. Newton is home to a large coal-fired power plant operated by ''Illinois Power Generating Co'' and is close to Newto ...

, Brooks attended the public schools, and was graduated from Valparaiso (Indiana) University in 1892. Superintendent of schools at Newman 1894–1897, at Newton 1897–1903, at Greenville 1903–1905, and at Paris 1905–1912. He engaged in banking at

from 1912 to 1914. County superintendent of schools of Jasper County 1914–1918. Brooks was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress. Superintendent of charities for the State of Illinois in 1924–1930. He served as assistant attorney general 1930–1932. He died in Newton, Illinois, September 18, 1933. He was interred in River Side Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Edwin Bruce 1868 births 1933 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from Newton, Illinois Valparaiso University alumni 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives